Friday, 31 July 2009

Every day can be different even if it's part of my routine

I've been waking up rather early recently, around 6:30am... Even though I still feel sleepy, I just can't stay in bed anymore! As soon as I open my eyes I start thinking about my life... Yeah, it's not the best way to start a day with ;))
The first thing that comes to my mind is: check your e-mail. I'm addicted to entering my gmail account, waiting until the webpage is loaded properly and looking for any 'special' message... My mood depends on how interesting it'll be, of course if I can find any :)

Then I take a shower. Refreshed, I go downstairs to have breakfast.

The rest of my daily routine depends on what day of the week it is.

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday: I do my intern at Ibid from 10ap to 6pm. I enjoy it very much :) I learn a lot everyday, not only how to use design programs but also how to make wooden boxes and shelves ;) Who know what skills I'll need in my future job? ;) The atmosphere is great so I don't even mind painting, drilling, sawing! :)

Thursday: I sometimes go to an art gallery and spend the rest of the day working on my new website with stories.

Friday: I'm usually at Tate Britain assisting visitors and smiling for 2 hours :) Yes, it can be tiring ;)

[Maybe I'll come back to this post later cause I feel really sleepy now...]

The Courtauld Surprise

Never been to Courtauld Gallery before (I hate this name, don't know how to pronounce it!).
I went there today because I wanted to know something more than just it's location on the map before I'd go there for my Thursday's interview.
How come I didn't even realize what paintings were there?? How is it possible?? Anyway... I was amazed by the art works of impressionists! I think I'm not able to express how I felt having my eyes 10 cm from Seurat's paintings... Unforgettable!

July-cleaning

The number of posts which I label 'my thoughts and emotions' is expending dangerously ;)

I know one day I'll feel more steady in London... but still don't know when this day will come ;))

I need to put in order some parts of my life because I'm not very happy about them...
It takes time, I know... 'Sometimes you just have to wait', I know, but I feel so impatient...
I need to get a job first and then I'll see what to do about love...

L is for the way you look at me...

Monday, 20 July 2009

My restless heart

I couldn't sleep tonight. And I was constantly waking up.
Lots of various thoughts are coming through my mind and lots of various emotions are coming through my heart. It seems restless today, like a bird caught in a cave...
My ideas about my life sometimes scares me cause everything seems new to me now.

Sunday, 19 July 2009

Digestion system revolutions

OMG...!!!
I'm feeling so bad now :((
Probably it's because of the food I've had today at Shoreditch Festival. It was some rice, spinach and beans covered with a chili sauce BUT so spicy I felt as if I was on fire! Shit!! Probably this food, although very nice, is the reason why I'm in bad mood now :(

Saturday, 18 July 2009

Still haven't found what I'm looking for

Keep on sending CVs, cover letters, application forms... Boring...
Wish I could resolve my job problem quickly because, apart from the fact that I need some money, I have a feeling inside me that tells me to do something about my life... What do I mean? I'm still not quite sure but I believe my heart will tell me what to do when there's the right moment :) Can't wait...

Muscle fever...

Oh no... It was really hard to wake up today... Everything hurts me... :(

Love Fridays!

I didn't manage to post it yesterday cause I got back home quite late and was way too tired to write anything...

At 6pm I went to the gym to do some yoga :) I must have had it in my eyes cause as soon as I entered the building I was offered a mat without even asking for it ;)
The trainer was a very nice guy but it surprised me he wasn't doing the positions with us, he was just walking and looking...
The first 30 minutes made me so tired!! Gosh! But I liked it so much :)) I woke up my lazy muscles!! They were shaking so much...
I left the gym full of energy to do something else that evening :)

So Kiwi & I went to Angel, had some beers and went to the cinema :)
Beers... well... I had only 2 but I don't know why I felt so drunk... However, Johnny Depp on big screen woke me up ;)) Oh yeah... :) I recommend Public Enemies to everyone!

Friday, 17 July 2009

The sweet smell of oranges...

Whitechapel Gallery will remind me of the intensive orange smell discovered in one of the boxes in Room 5...

Later, when I walked down Brick Lane, the sweet and heavy smell of incense was escaping from restaurants and shops...

'Life is like a pipe...

... and I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside'.

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Museums' Thursday

Will it be my Thursday's tradition to start my day with visiting Tate Britain? ;) Maybe... Today there was another curators' talk but this time about the Classified exhibition. They talked for about an hour about the display in general and then about each room and artist. I enjoyed it very much. When I first saw the exhibition I didn't pay so much attention to all the details that I've heard today :)
I go to Victoria Gardens next to The Houses of Parliament almost every time I'm at Tate. I like to sit on the grass there :))


Since yesterday I planned to go to the Fashion and Textile Museum so I crossed the river on Westminster Bridge and took the Thames Path.
In front of The Southbank Centre there was a nice artwork made by a Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama Ascention of Polkadots on the Trees (2009).


The way to the Fashion & Textile Museum was a bit tricky because of maintenance works. The shortest way was closed so I had to use the alternative one. I didn't find it very safe... The road under the bridge looked rather scary to me...
Luckily, I managed to get there safe and sound :)
There's now on display Undercover: The Evolution of Underwear. Tempting? ;) That's why I went there and paid £6.50 ;)) And finally I've found a museum where you can take as many photos as you like! :)




Why the most beautiful underwear has to be so expensive?? :(
The museum shop made me crazy - so many wonderful earrings! :) Let me just find a job and then ... ;))


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How should I behave??

8:30 - Victoria Line towards Brixton.

Always overcrowded, even though the trains go every 1 minute!!

I got on at Euston. I was stuck between the door and someone's back till Oxford Street, trying to catch something with my right hand. Needless to say, there's no air-con in the underground! What for? ;) Drops of sweat were falling gently down my back... They were tickling me. Later, although it was still very crowded, I managed to move to a more secure place. Was it really secure? Well, at least I could hold the railing, facing the plastic glass that separates the seats from the doors. There was a guy standing behind me...
Now when I think about it, I feel quite scared but maybe I shouldn't take it so seriously...?
He was pressing my body with his from Oxford Circus to Victoria (it's where he got off) . I didn't feel comfortable about that so I tried to move closer towards this glass but he was right behind me all the time... Even when the train was stopping and, according to natural laws of physics, he should move in opposite direction, he was always too close, pushing himself into to my hips...
I've never had such situation before. I just didn't know what to do. Gosh, I took assertiveness and self-defense training for women and why I felt so paralyzed??

Monday, 13 July 2009

'Smile to the world and it'll smile back to you'

Most of the day I was walking along Hackney Road or Bethnal Green Road from one gallery to another.
I like smiling to people :) Sometimes it just comes unconsciously cause I'm thinking about something pleasant and others respond to my good mood smiling to me :) Nice :)

The explosion of my positive energy took place at 6pm after a phone call - I'm going for an interview tomorrow! No matter what the result will be, I'm gonna kick ass!! :)

Sunday, 12 July 2009

Changing planes

Yesterday I bought plane ticket to go to Poland in August, a return one, so it seems I still wanna be in London ;))
The thing is I planned to go one week earlier before the wedding to see Mum & Sis and finally I'll spend only a weekend in Poland, in Cracow, on that wedding... Why? Cause now the tickets are a bit too expensive and I had to change my plans... At least Mum is invited to the party so we'll see each other :))
Anyway, if my family really misses me, they can come to London, too. It's not a big deal :)

Saturday, 11 July 2009

Spicy curry

The drizzle made my visit in Regent's Park shorter... But I really enjoyed it, especially feeding a squirrel :)
And we've finished at one of the Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland Rd. Tempted by Vegetables curry, I didn't supposed it would be so spicy... But was very delicious anyway :)

Spider...

A while ago I've saved a spider :) There was one big on the wall by the window and Kiwi wanted to kill him... My heart couldn't approve of such behavior - I took a little creature in my hand and put it outside :)
I'm good, aren't I? :)

Friday, 10 July 2009

Admiring views on Friday at Tate

Mmmm... :) My favorite place where I stand as a Visitor Assistant is behind the Rotunda. First of all I can see the clock to control how much time is left and the second "thing" is the guy who sits at the multimedia desk... :)))
So damned handsome... :))

You're pretty

Every time I'm at Tate Britain I look forward to meeting American tourists! They always smile and sometimes stay for a little chat :) I get the impression that they born with a smile on their faces :) Tate may be on fire, they'll always be cheerful ;)
And today I've heard a WONDERFUL sentence from a lady from Chicago: "You're pretty"! :D

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Out tonight

Evening at Bar Room Bar.
A DJ, very thin guy, had a T-shirt saying I love chips. Of course he didn't look like a chips' fan, whereas I DO... ;)) Did he want me to feel guilty because I like fried potatoes??
Guys...

Walking and thinking...

The long walk alone made me think, although I tried to jam my thoughts with loud music... (if I go on like this with headphones in my ears all day long I'll be deaf by 30 ;] ).
The songs I chose yesterday turned out to suit perfectly for today:
  • CHAMBAO Pokito a poko - I love it! :) Fantastic group and voice!
  • SANTOGOLD Lights out - Sis, thnx for introducing me to her music! :*
  • MUSE Supermassive Black Hole - this song is sexy, isn't it?
  • ROYKSOPP Remind me - it reminds me my secondary school... amazing video!
  • AMY WINEHOUSE Back To Black - sad & beautiful song...
  • MUSE Starlight - I'm aMUSEd...
  • SCISSORS SISTERS I don't feel like dancing - a night with bbq when we were dancing: me, Sis & Wolf :)
  • JULIETA VENEGAS Me voy - sometimes I'd like to say this but I'm not 100% sure...
  • GOLDFRAPP Oh la la - so energetic and powerful...
  • GOMEZ Machismo - the redecoration we did in Warsaw still seems as if it were a week ago...
  • AMY MACDONALD This is the life - ...
  • RANDY CRAWFORD Street life - I love trumpets :)
  • JOAQUIN SABINA - 19 días y 50 noches - I'd like a female version of this song ;)
  • KOOP Island Blues - na na na...
While walking, the wind was blowing straight into my face... My brown earrings were moving like crazy...

Today I shared a smile with several people. I like smiling to an accidentally met person. Does it really happen by chance or do we look for a suitable person to smile to?

My life consists of decisions that I make without thinking much about them... Listen to your heart or First think then do? I'm like a child inside who is exploring what's good and what's bad... Too trustful, sometimes naive, thinking that everyone I meet on my way is honest...

Tiring myself out

What a day! :)

I woke up at 7am (incredible, I behave like my grandma... ;] ). Tate Britain is to blame - today at 9 there was a curator's talk organized especially for the staff. Of course I couldn't miss such occasion, even if it required getting up early! Early bird catches the worm ;)
The lady, the first curator I've met here, came a bit late, but it doesn't matter :) She told very interesting things about the new Eva Rothschild's exhibition. I took some notes as if I were still a student listening to a lecture :)

Then I headed towards Waterloo Station to a road called Lower Marsh. There was supposed to be an organization for people who want to work in cultural institutions. It seems that there's no such place any more... :( I hate it when I prepare myself for something special and then it turns out that my expectations and hopes come to nothing...
Fed up, I decided to cheer myself up with a bit of luxury: a nice falafel sandwich and a cup of coffee with soy milk :) It worked! :) The vegetarian cafe I went to wasn't the coolest place I've ever been to but at least the food and drink was worth its money.

The weather didn't seem to change much so I decided to take a walk to Serpentine Gallery. With AZ map in my bag I walk through St. James Park, Green Park, and finally Hyde Park. There was an enormous crowd in front of The Buckingham Palace - people were watching the guards exchange. And so did I :)

To be honest I didn't expected so many people at the Jeff Koons's exhibition! I remember when I first saw his Puppy made of flowers in Bilbao. From that time I like his art, full of consumer goods.
Before I got there I wanted piss badly! But as soon as I noticed the art works nothing else was more important than see the exhibition immediately! :)

In the parks there were lots of people, ducks, and squirrels :)

The last place I wanted to visit was The National Portrait Gallery. It was a long walk from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square...
I took a chance to go to Borders in Oxford Street to buy The Ultimate Guide To Graphic Design - this is how it ends when I enter a shop. Never can resist temptation to buy something for myself... (well, I do buy stuff for others, really, I'm not that selfish!) :)
I think everyone will agree that walking along Oxford Street is a big challenge! To make my route easier I followed a guy in a nice color-stripped shirt - he was pushing through the crowd and I was right behind to save my time :) He had a nice perfume ;)
When I finally reached my destination, I was REALLY REALLY tired! I didn't managed to see the whole collection, only the BP Portrait Award 2009. It's amazing what people can do with paints and brushes...



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El olor, la voz y el toque todavía hacen mi corazón latir más rápido...

Las últimas dos semanas eran unas de los más tensas pero inolvidables y maravillosas de mi vida.
Y así lo quiero recordar...

Mission Impossible 1... tbc...

A bit more about me - for those who don't know me or who think they do ;)

It's been over 3 months now since I arrived in the place of my dreams.
Did they come true? Let me think... Yes, even though it is hard to find my own place and each day is still a challenge for me, I don't wanna move from here! :) I'm staying! :) And I won't give up in making my life better here, no way! :)

P.S. I'll mainly write posts in English, although a few (for some reasons) may appear in Spanish (damned, how I love this language!) or Polish (my mother tongue - the best way for me to express anything).
And another VERY IMPORTANT issue: I'll try not to use names on this website. However, each person I'd like to refer to will be given a nickname :) YEAH! If anyone feels offended - SORRY, but that's how it works when it comes to subjective opinion.

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Let me introduce myself

Don't confuse this blog with Bridget Jones's Diary!
I'm not in my 30s, not desperately seeking a guy, and I won't mention my weight here ;))
So what is this all about? The idea came to my mind a few hours ago when I was on my 55 bus, heading towards Tottenham Court Road Station...
I've decided to write my private blog about how it is to live in such a marvelous place like London! :)
Don't know when my adaptation period here will end or if it'll ever end... Never mind, I think there'll always be something new and fascinating here that's worth mentioning.

Hope you'll enjoy it at least as much as I do! :)

Well, if someone is interested, let me know!